Oral Histories
Dorie and Joyce Ladner
2013-05-30T20:14:40-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvM2M0XC8yMDEzMDUzMDIwMTg1ODAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Sisters Dorie and Joyce Ladner, who knew and worked with Medgar Evers, spoke about becoming civil rights activists as young women in the early 1960s. Dorie Ladner argued that they were “determined to get their freedom” despite constant threats and intimidation. Elaine Nichols also spoke about the Civil Rights History Project and its stories.
This interview was part of an oral history project on the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The interview was conducted at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., by Joseph Mosnier of the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Sisters Dorie and Joyce Ladner, who knew and worked with Medgar Evers, spoke about becoming civil rights activists as young women in the ear…
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Sisters Dorie and Joyce Ladner, who knew and worked with Medgar Evers, spoke about becoming civil rights activists as young women in the early 1960s. Dorie Ladner argued that they were “determined to get their freedom” despite constant threats and intimidation. Elaine Nichols also spoke about the Civil Rights History Project and its stories.
This interview was part of an oral history project on the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The interview was conducted at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., by Joseph Mosnier of the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. close
This interview was part of an oral history project on the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The interview was conducted at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., by Joseph Mosnier of the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Sisters Dorie and Joyce Ladner, who knew and worked with Medgar Evers, spoke about becoming civil rights activists as young women in the ear… read more
Sisters Dorie and Joyce Ladner, who knew and worked with Medgar Evers, spoke about becoming civil rights activists as young women in the early 1960s. Dorie Ladner argued that they were “determined to get their freedom” despite constant threats and intimidation. Elaine Nichols also spoke about the Civil Rights History Project and its stories.
This interview was part of an oral history project on the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The interview was conducted at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., by Joseph Mosnier of the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. close
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- Joseph Mosnier Associate Director University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill->Southern Oral History Program
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- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Library of Congress | American Folklife Center
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